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GROCER CLERK MURDERED IN STORE HOLDUP Halts Raising Hands, to Remove His Glasses; Shot Down. THREE IN BANDIT RAID Blame Victim's Poor Sight for Tragedy: Killers Flee in Auto. Chris C. Wade, 54, father of two , motherless .small Kiris, was slain Thursday night, by bandits, who fled without loot from the grocery of Otto Aldendorf. 650 South Lyon avenue. Three suspects are held. r I he slain man, a clerk in the grocery was shot down when he halted raising his hands to remove his glasses. His sight was poor, acquaintances said. Three men, all carrying revolvers, entered the stor/s Besides Wade, those m the place were Aldendorf, .Jesse Rabern, a butcher, 616 South McLeod street; Charles Wilkcrson of tho Lyon avenue address, and k Reid Phillips of the McLeod street, address. Wade entered while the robbery was in progress. Coming into the lighted store, his poor sight caused him to hesitate until his eyes became accustomed to the light. Commanded to raise his hands, Wade lifted them, but halted to remove his glasses. A shot was fired, the bullet entering his abdomen. He died in the admitting room of city hospital.

Moc- After Shooting 1 AldcndnYf tried to fight the bandits, but was knocked down by a fist blow. Wilkerson was in a back room when the robbers entered. One came near him and Wilkerson remarked, “You ran’t do that," as lie w'a.s ordered to remain quiet. He was struck in the face with the butt of a revolver. After shooting Wade, the bandits ran from the store to an automobile. As they drove away, Phillips fired at them with a shotgun. Wade's daughters, Darlene, 6, and Ruth Joan, 4, are with relatives in Oolitic. Ind. The wife nnd mother dies six w'ceks ago after an illness of a year from cancer. Possible explanation for the apparently unwarranted shooting of Wade was given today by Aldendorf. He said that he received a tip recently that his store was to be robbed or entered by burglars. He arranged with Wade, who owed him for groceries, to work as a clerk during the time the store was open a! night, and he remained after closing. Aldendorf believes the robbers knew' of this arrangement and suspected that Wade was armed, although he had no weapon. Three Suspects Held Suspects held in the case, and believed connected with a robbery which followed the slaying are Raymond Jutt. 30. and Robert White, 34, both of 347 North East street, and Archie Lawson, 29. of 43(1 West Norwood street. They were arrested at Brownsburg bv Everett Hudelson, town marshal, who had them at bay backed against the w r all of a bank when Sergeant Noel Jones and patrolmen Charles Burkett and Chester Timmerman arrived. Hudrlson arrested the men when he saw them loitering near a restaurant. He called police here for aid. Throe men held up Bert Yeager. West Newton, active in Democratic politics, white he was driving on road 67. about five miles southwest of Indianapolis, following the Wade slaying. The robbers obtained a small amount of money and a w atcb. Autopsy Is Performed One effort to link the prisoners with the murder failed when it was shown that the bullet which killed Wade could not have been fired from a revolver one of the men dropped in Brownsburg. This gun is a .32-caliber, while an autopsy showed the fatal bullet was of .38cnliber or larger. Dr. William E. Arbuckle, coroner, stated that an autopsy performed by his deputy. Dr. J. A. Salb, showed that the bullet entered the abdomen and passed through the body. Internal hemorrhage caused death. Search is being made in the store for the bullet. Prisoners Deny Slaying Elbert Flynn, living near Brownsburg. brought the three men arrested there to Clermont. He said they halted him while he was driving to Clermont from Indianapolis. No attempt was made rob him. He said they told him they were hitch-hiking to a small Montgomery county town near Crawfordsville. According to police White admits having served a term in the Illinois state prison at Statesville for assault and battery with intent to commit murder, and was released or parole two months ago. The prisoners deny any connection with the slaying of Wade and robbery of Yeager. They are held on vagrancy charges under bond of $2,000 each. Effort to identify them was to made today, EXCHANGE TO CLOSE Brokers to Pay Respect to Coolidge by Halting Business. Jt'i l niird Pri " NEW YORK, Jan. 6—Tlie New 1 York Stock Exchange will be closed Saturday in observance of the funeral of former President Calvin Coolidge, the governing committee of the exchange announced today. ‘

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Mother and 2 Children Injured as Home Burns

: 'if • • P|l||. • * rt j* '• W : r s : :£s. '4% ' . • UStt Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Holms and their children, routed early today from their burning home at 344 South Taft street. Ralph, 2, held by Mrs. Helms, was carried from the house by his mother as the roof fell. The father is holding Bernice, 5. The other children are Earl, 7, left, and Fred, 4.

Woman Braves Possible Death in Flames to Rescue Baby of Family Left in Blazing House. Braving smoke and flames, Mrs. Clara Helms, 21-year-old mother of four children, was aided bw her husband, Joe Helms, 32, in rescuing them barely in time early today when the family home at 311 South Taft street, was destroyed.

BANDIT OUTWITTED BY AGED WIDOW Darts Inside Door. Calls for Neighbors' Aid. Mrs, Julia Ooghe, 70-y.ear-old widow, outwitted a bandit today at her home, 1448 West Washington street. Answering the doorbell, Mrs. Ooghe faced a man about 30, who walked in. “I'm an agent.” he said. ‘ Give me all your valuable papers.” “I have none," Mrs. Ooghe said. Drawing a revolver, the intruder said: "This a hold up. Give me everything valuable you’ve got.” Mrs. Ooghe backed away. Reaching a bathroom, she darted inside and locked the door. Raising a window she called for help. Neighbors began running toward the house and the intruder fled. LESLIE REFUSES TO WEAR ‘STOVE PIPE' Governor Will Not Use Top Hat at McNutt Inauguration. Governor Harry G. Leslie wilt not wear a top hat at the inauguration Monday of Paul V. McNutt as his successor. Leslie said today; the arrangements committee had asked if he w'ould wear a “stove pipe" and he replied: "I never wear one if I can get around it. I didn't at my own inauguration and I certainly won't Monday.” The hat matter disposed of, the Governor said he and Mrs. Leslie will hold open house tonight, at the executive mansion, preparatory to moving to the Admiral apartments, Thirtieth and Meridian streets. “What are you going to do when your term as Governor ends?” he was asked. “Well. I'm going to take a vacation. but I hope it won't be too long," ho replied. Leslie will join the unemployed Monday. R. F. C. loan Report Asked WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. The house today without a roll call vote passed the Howard resolution calling upon the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to report on all its loan activities not previously made public.

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Mrs. Helms and two of the children, Fred, 4. and Ralph, 2, incurred burns, but none is hurt seriously. ■ The mother was first to awaken. The entire house was in flames. She aroused her husband and seized Bernice, 5, and Earl, 7, while her husband picked up Fred. Outside the flaming house the mother missed Ralph, the baby of the family. Without hesitation, she ran into the flames, picked up the child and ran out, while portions of the roof fell. Burns incurred by the mother and the two children were due chiefly to hot tar which melted from a composition roof. It is believed the fire started from a coal stove which had been banked for the night. The parents and children have only the clothing they wore in bed, and none of the household furnishings, valued at $l5O w r as saved. Helms has been unemployed more than a year. Neighbors supplied the family with clothing, and the parents and children w r ere given refuge in the home of Mrs. Helms’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hogan, 1010 South Rybolt avenue. The Times will receive contributions for a fund to aid the family. One gift of $1 was made this morning by Miss Dolly McCarty of the Mt. Jackson sanatorium. TENNESSEE TROOPS _ HURRY TO MINE AREA Tense Situation Reported From Strike Distriet in Hills. /ill 1 niird I‘rrss NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Jan. 6.—The One hundred ninth cavalry of the Tennessee national guard w r as ordered to return to duty at Wilder, Tenn., today as a result of fresh outbreaks of violence. About 500 striking coal miners have “created a tense situation” in the little mining town far back in the hills of Tennessee, AdjutantGeneral W. C. Boyd reported to Governor Henry Horton. Home Loan Council Resigns WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.—Charles P. Sisson, general counsel for the federal home loan bank board, today resigned to return to private law practice in Providence, R. I.

7 Seem Always to Be in the Way Now,’ Said Ex-President Coolidge in One of His Last Interviews

■Don't Want Them to Think I’m Trying to Run Things,’ He Asserts. BY RAYMOND CLAPPER I'nited Prrss Staff Correspondent (Copvrieht, 1933. hv I nited Press in all Countries) WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.—Calvin Coolidge told mo in the quiet of his Northampton 'Mass.* law office that such success as credited to him as President was due to the fact that ‘ when there was a job to be done. I found the best man to do it and let him do it. - ’ The former President cocked his high-topped tan shoes on his timestained golden oak desk as he talked that morning, Nov. 13. Occasionally he paused as he talked, and drew at the white paper holder, which held his long cigar tipped by an inch of undisturbed white asli. I had climbed the worn steps of

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Hoover Proclaims 30 Days of Mourning; Leaves Tonight to Attend Funeral

BY FREDERICK C. OTHMAN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The nation entered a thirty-day period of mourning for one of its most beloved Presidents today as President Herbert Hoover prepared to attend the funeral of Calvin Coolidge. The country's flags were at half staff. Its military officers were in mourning insignia. Its citizens grieved. The capital was still stunned by the suddenness of the news. Mr. Homer and his party will leave for Northampton tonight. At sun up Saturday, naval guns in all shore stations and afloat will begin their day-long booming at half hourly intervals, in recognition of the funeral in the afternoon. The President and congressional delegations will attend the Northampton services. They will return immediately to Washington. The trip home will be made while Mr. Coolidge's body is being lowered in a grave next to those of his forbears and his son in the Rocky Little cemetery near Plymouth, Vt. After adjourning Thursday in respect to Mr. Coolidge, congress planned to continue its deliberations today. Most of its members, Republicans and

HOME DRINKING LESSONS URGED Women’s Clubs in Uproar Over Plea to Teach Children How. By l nilcd Press PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 6.—A storm of controversy broke out in women's clubs of Philadelphia today over a suggestion made by Judge Edwin O. Lewis that women educate their children in the proper use of wines and beer. “It is appalling that intoxicating liquors should be placed on sale without the youth of the nation receiving instruction in the schools on the use and abuse of alcohol,” Judge Lewis told the Philadelphia Federation of Women's Clubs and allied organizations. “The use of wines should be taught in the home as is the custom in every other country.” “The cljib women of the nation have a great duty to perform,” he continued, “in educating the younger generation in the use of light wine and beer.” Loud protests echoed from various sections of the hall, but several prominent clubwomen agreed. “I heartily approve his suggestion,” Mrs. Frank Lewis, treasurer of the federation, said.

RAILROADS REVEAL PROFIT IN OCTOBER Net Income of 20 Millions Is Announced. By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—Class 1 rai'roads showed a net income for October of $20,188,770 after deductions for tangible charges, the interstate commerce commission an- j nounced today. It is the second month in which the railroads re-1 vealed a profit out of the ten months of 1932 for which report* have been made. The October income compares with $24,504,649 net for October, 1931. ELECTRIC FIRM FREED IN FILM •TRUST' CASE Other Defendants Start Evidence in 51.800,000 Trial. Directed verdict acquitting Electrical Research Products, Inc., one of several defendants in a SI,BOO,- j 000 damage suit filed by Harry Muller, Anderson theater operator,; was returned by a federal court jury today. Several remaining defendants, large film distributing companies,! this fternoon began their defense against Muller's charges that they blacklisted mm and refused to pro- ! vide him w.ih films when he failed to comply with a distributers' and exhibitors’ arbitration board aw'ard against him. J

The United Press, in view of the death of Calvin Coolidge, with propriety may release today his last major interview with Raymond Clapper, chief of the United Press Washington bureau. Clapper talked with Mr. Coolidge in the Northampton law office from 9:30 a. m. until noon of Nov. 13, 1931. The former President declined permission for quotation of the discussion at that time because he “did not wish to interfere” in national affairs.

the old brick Masonic temple in Northampton to talk about business conditions, for we then were in one of the more hopeful periods of the depression. We talked from 9:30 until noon. Book cases in the small room held ancient law books. A faded facsimile of the Declaration of Independence hung on one wall. His desk, unlike that he used at Washington. was piled high with all sorts of papers. The former President wore a business suit that appeared not to have been creased by the overpunctilious

Democrats alike, together with practically every citizen of the capital, sent condolences to Mrs. Coolidge. She was one of the most popular first ladies in Washington's history. As servants packed Mr. Hoover’s bags for thr fourth presidential funeral he has attended, the sadness at the White House was tempered with involuntary smiles as Mr. Coolidge's friends recalled famous instances of his dry wit. Two of his closest friends revealed they had received prophetic letters from Mr. Coolidge before he died. “My work is finished." he wrote E. T. Clark, his ex-White House secretary. He was “always tired,” he told Colonel E. W. Starling of the secret service. News of his death electrified an almost somnolent day at the White House. President Hoover was enjoying his luncheon in the sunny dining room with State Secretary Henry L. Stimson when the flash came in: “Calvin Coolidge is dead.” The President seemed stunned. Silently he pushed back his plate. Carefully he folded his napkins. (Turn to Page Two)

Roosevelt Faces Mighty Task, Says Glenn Frank University President, in Town Hall Lecture, Declares Voters Are Quitting Political Labels. The destiny of America is dependent upon the intelligence of its political leadership, declared Glenn Frank, president of the University of Wisconsin, before a Town Hall audience at English’s today.

Speaking on “Politics and Destiny,” Frank considered the three major problems that Franklin D. Roosevelt faces on March 4 next, when he becomes President. “I want to consider,” he said, “the problems that the election has left on the doorstep of Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as on that of the Democratic party. “I am convinced that American voters are becoming more and more indifferent to political parties, regardless of political labels, in an effort to solve economic and political problems.” Dr. Frank declared that “political parties no longer are distinctive groups, because members of the same party belief do not agree on how “moist” the country should become. Others, according to the speaker, fear that the Catholics will get control of the government and others fear that the Protestant church already has. - In speaking of the change of scenery with new administrations, Frank said that “the nation is not materially bettered or hindered by the many new appointments with a change in administration.” He suggested that the three major mental problems of Mr. Roosevelt will be the oreakdown of the financial system; the revolutionary changes that the machine age has brought to the industrial field, and (Turn to Page Four)

Bright Spots

By United Press Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company reports December net profit of $88,400, against $77,200 in December, 1931. Truscon Steel Company receives $2,000,000 steel refrigerator cabinet order. Fidelity Funds, Inc., declares extra dividend of 15 cents a share. Detroit board of commerce employment index rises to 48 on Dec. 31, against 4.2 on Dec. 15, 1932. Bon Ami Company declares extra dividend of 50 cents a share. Scranton-Spring Brook Water Service Company reports gross income for year ended Nov. 30. was $4,323,693, against $3,541,046 in preceding year. Mortgage Hearings to Start By United Press WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.—Hearings on a bill of Senator George (Dem., Ga.l, providing for the refinancing of farm-mortgage indeb - edness through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation were authorized today by the senate banking and currency committee.

valet thrust upon all Presidents by White House routine. His collar was of the two-inch stiff type popular in the nineties. ‘ Shots in the arm.” he said, “will not do business much real good. Most of the plans being talked about as cures are really plans for putting the losses off on the other fellow. It probably would be better to take the losses right where they occur, and be done with it. “When business men become convinced that commodity prices will go no lower they will begin buying supplies," he predicted.

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MUSICIAN DEATH HEARING HALTED Illness of Bandmaster’s Pretty Widow Blocks Inquest Evidence. By United Press CHICAGO. Jan. 6.—lllness of Mrs. Frances Schildhauer, pretty, 24-year-old widow of the slain Edwin H. Schildhauer, today delayed resumption of the inquest and pre- | vented authorities from obtaining i her reply to stories of romances | with other men. Mi’s. Schildhauer, who insisted her life with the handsome bandmaster was "perfect,” disappeared while Carl Bradberry, former deputy sheriff, was telling of his affair with her. a story he described as a “bookful.” Today it was learned that she is I hysterical and in seclusion with i friends in Austin. The inquest, summoned for Mrs. Schildhauer to resume her story, was ordered postponed for ten days, so she may be heard. Bradberry told detectives of j nights spent in a Memphis (Tenn.) ! hotel with Mrs. Schildhauer, and of the time when the 210-pound bandmaster cried upon discovering that his wife was unfaithful. Schildhauer, leader of the 200piece band at Austin high school, was slain a month ago. His wife said she saw two men kidnap him in front of their home. An hour later his body was found, bullet punctured, and tossed from an automobile in typical “gang ride” fashion. Mrs. Schildauer. who says she is to become a mother in May, has given the only explanation of her heavyweight husband's strange re- | fusal to fight when he found her with another man, and when he was kidnaped. She said he was so proud of his hands he feared he j might injure them if he hit any one. J CONFERENCE IS ~ SET Stimson to Meet Roosevelt on Return From Funeral, By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. State Secretary Henry L. Stimson probably will hold his scheduled interview with President-Elect Franklin | D. Roosevelt while en route back j from Calvin Coolidge's funeral to > Washington, it was learned today on good authority. They probably 1 will meet in New York City.

Larger railroads, I told him, objected to the interstate commerce commission’s proposal which would require them to ttirn over proceeds of rate increases to weaker roads. Mr. Coolidge observed: “Every one wants the government to go into the other fellow's business. but stay out of his own.” He talked of tax problems. “One of the difficulties I found in Washington was that a delegation from the Chamber of Commerce would bear in one hand a petition to reduce taxes, and in the , 1 1 urn to Page Two)

Last Rites Saturday Will Be Simple, in Keeping With Life Habits of Late Former President. NATION'S GREAT TO PAY TRIBUTE Simple Funeral Services Will Be Held at Northampton Church; Wife Bears Death Shock Bravely. BY SYDNEY B. WHIPPLE United Press Staff Correspondent NORTHAMPTON, Mass.. Jan. (s.—Calvin Coolidge, the thirtieth President of the United States, will rest Saturday beside his father in the granite hills. His burial, on a cold hillside of Plymouth, Vt., where his ancestors were buried, will be as he wished it, without undue solemnity, and without pretense. The former President, in death as in life, was a symbol of the simple mode of life which had been his code, which had characterized his every act, from obscure lawyer to the presidency. It was the wish of his wife that his burial would be the same—unostentatious, unmarked by pomp or ceremonious circumstance. Harry Ross, his secretary and perhaps his only real confidante outside his immediate family, said he would be buried with all the simplicity that marked his life and the lives of his ancestors. Nation's Great to Pay Last Tribute It was Mrs. Coolidge’s wish, Ross said, “that the usual grandeur be absent from those rites. She would have him buried as simply as was his mother, his father and his son. It was his way.” Calvin Coolidge might have been buried in Arlington cemetery, to rest alongside the great of the nation. Mrs. Coolidge, who knew him best chose for his final resting place the cemetery in the hills that are white through the winter and green through the summer. His ancestors, “for generations back,” had been buried there. Funeral services will be at the Edwards Congregational ! church, where the former President and Mrs. Coolidge were I regular attendants. They will be conducted by the Rev. Albert J. Penner, pastor. The church was named for Jonathan Edwards, eighteenth century divine, who made his home here. The nation’s great and this little Massachusetts city’s humblest will gather in the church at 10:50 a. m. After simple services the body will be taken by automobile, if road conditions permit, to Plymouth, Vt., for burial, p-resumably about 3 p. m. Last Hours Typical of His Life Mr. Coolidge's last hours were much the same as those of his routine existence since his retirement from the presidency and his assumption of the duties of an ordinary citizen. lie had insisted, ever since he relinquished the cares of office, that he was no more than a private citizen, that no special significance be attached to his daily comings and goings. He arose as usual about 7 a. m., breakfasted with Mrs. Coolidge, and arrived at his office at 8:30 a. m. “It wasn’t that he was connected with the law firm of Ilemenway & Hemenway,” said Ross. “It was just that it gave him some place to go. He read his mail, signed whatever letters demanded his attention, and read the paper. Then he said to me, ‘Let’s go home’.”

LEGGER USED GIRL AS SHIELD, IS CLAIM Boasted Police Would Not Dare Shoot, Is Charge. Charges that a bootlegger used a 12-year-old girl while delivering liquor to prevent officers from shooting in event of pursuit were made by federal dry agents today at a hearing before Howard S. Young, United States commissioner. The charges were made against Vernon Watkins, living near Thir-ty-eighth street and State Load 67, who was held to the federal grand jury under §3,500 bond on liquor charges. Agerlts said Watkins carried a gun in his belt and had boasted officers wouldn’t dare shoot at him with the child along. They testified they seized nearly ten gallons of whisky, nine quarts of beer and more than 100 quarts of mash at his home. Claude D. Wright, Lawrence youth, found at the Watkins home, was held to the grand jury under SI.OOO bond. ROMANCE IS -MISTAKE' Olympic Champion Denies Engagement to Mildred Harris. R'j Vnitct I'rcss KANSAS CITY. Mo., Jan. 6. James A. Bausch, Olympic decathlon champion, and Mildred Harris Chaplin, divorced wife of Charles Chaplin, today termed their reported engagement “all a mistake.” The engagement of the athlete, who now is a singer with a dance band, and the former wife of the famous motion picture comed;an, was announced here by Mrs. Chaplin's manager, D. P. Roo’.nson. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 34 10 a. m 41 7a. m 34 11 a. m 45 Ba. m 34 12 (noon*.. 49 1 9a. m 37 Ip. m 52

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! Mr. Coolidge and Ross were j driven home. They sat in the I study from 10 o’clock on. Mrs. Coolidge dropped in for a few words. She said she was goI ing shopping. “Take the car,” her husband offered. “No,” Mrs. Coolidge replied, “it's too fine a day.” I’ll walk.” She left the house. Mr. Coolidge continued his* chat with Ross. They discussed the hunting at Plymouth they had done in October. Mr. Coolidge said he did not intend to go to Plymouth this winter, but was interested in the repairs and the addition to the house there which he had surveyed during the summer months. Mr. Coolidge remarked he intended to spend the same time in Plymouth this year as he did every year. He looked forward eagerly to care-free summer days on his late father's farm. A half dozen times, Ross said, Mr. Coolidge left the study to “prowl abcut the house.” The caretaker sail-’ he went down the cellar, where he “puttered around a few' minutes before noon." He Ren did that, the caretaker said, “just as an ordinary man would.” Then he went upstairs to his room. Mrs. Coplidge returned from her shopping, went upstairs without removing hat or coat. Shortly she came downstairs and called Ross. “I don't remember her exact (Turn to Page Two)

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